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I've gotta say, we've all been waiting for us to finally give FSU this type of beatdown and get some payback for 1997, 2010, and 2013. Any type of win against FSU is great, but the feeling after this win is unparalleled. Four in a row, and we just dropped the most points any team has ever dropped in this series ever. Putting that excitement to the side for a moment, here's what this win means for us and the State of Florida, considering we all finally played the same weekend.
On Us
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- I watched a lot of teams play today. Say what you will about our Canes' youth and shortcomings, but we look like a legit Top-10 football team right now. LSU got torced for 600-yds against the pirate and lost. Oklahoma blew it against K-State. Texas allowed 56 points and squeaked out a win against a bad Texas Tech Team. Texas A&M looked bad against Vandy, and barely pulled out the win. Overall, there is not another team in the country that's put up the type of wins we've created over the past three weeks. No doubt, Miami will go into it's match up with Clemson as a Top-10 football team. We'll likely get Gameday for a third time this season.
- I've never seen a Miami team manhandle FSU the way we did tonight. This isn't a game, in the past 15-years, where anyone team has dominated the other consistently. FSU beat Miami bad in 2010 and 2013, but those games only blew open in the second half. We beat FSU last year 27-10, and I considered it the best performance we had against them in years. Today was a once in a generation win, enjoy it.
- You'd be hard-pressed to find areas where we didn't play well tonight. Nevertheless, our WR's dropped some passes and continue to be average at best. Pope muffed another punt, which is a huge problem. The defense also had issues wrapping up from time to time at the point of attack. Nevertheless, we held FSU to 10, played solid red-zone defense, and forced three turnovers. Our guys came to play today.
- Man, D'Eriq King. Guy is at a whole other level, and is definitely going to be in the Heisman conversation all season. At RB Cam Harris, Knighton, and Chaney continue to look great. Chaney really impressed me this game. Even Burns had some great reps.
- Rhett Lashlee was the homerun hire of the CFB offseason. In the turn of a season, he's made us a legit Top-10 offense. Garrin Justice is doing wonders at OL too; guys are way improved from last year.
- Dumb penalties continue to be an issue. If we want a chance at even touching Clemson, we can't commit 80+ yds of penalties.
- FSU is not a good team, yes, but our issue the past few years has been letting bad teams hang around consistently. Especially in a rivalry. Even when we were "good" in 2017 and 2018 (at the start at least) we still struggled against them. Finally, we dominated a team like FSU from start to finish. Great teams impose their will on good/below-average teams.
- I've never, in all my years of watching our rivalry, seen an FSU team as bad as the one that came out today. Not only are they mentally weak, but they've got major holes all over that roster. James Blackmon isn't the type of QB that can play with an OL like their's, and Jordan Travis has limited arm talent and a run-first mentality (which got him injured in the Third). Their RB talent is average at best, and there isn't a WR not named Terry (didn't do anything against us tonight or last year) which would give any DB's a second though. OL is as bad as I've ever seen it, and they don't get any help from the TE's or RB's when they Chip.
- We all remember how bad and inconsistent we've been over the past few years, especially during the 2010s, but we were never as bad as FSU is now. Say what you want, even when they had Jameis, Dalvin Cook, etc. we still fought in those games and were competitive (except 2010 & 2013; even then we fought for three quarters). FSU wasn't there from start to finish, which was shocking to see.
- Mike Norvell has a massive rebuild on his hands. This is a 2-3 year rebuild at best, just to get back to being a 7-8 win football team. Norvell isn't a proven builder, and FSU doesn't have the money to go anywhere else for the next 3-4 years at least. I'd be nervous if I was an FSU fan. This is about the worst start that one of their coaches has ever had. Losing to a 1-2 GT team opening week, and getting torched for 52 against Miami. Right now they're at the bottom of the conference.
- To expand on the last point, Norvell inherited a solid foundation and program from Justin Fuente, at Memphis. He is, by all accounts, a good coach. He is though not a proven builder in any sense. He inherited a consistent 9-10 win program at Memphis and built on that. He rarely ever got over the UCF hump when he was there, and his defenses were lacking. Could he turn the ship around at FSU? Of course he can. Nevertheless, the odds are against him. Right now he doesn't have the right personnel at any position, and FSU has no identity or culture. He's getting worked by Miami and UF in recruiting. They don't have any heart. Even with Randy, and dare I say Golden, you saw some moments early in their tenure's where you thought they could go somewhere. Not with Norvell, at least not two games in. At best they're a 3-win team this year.
- Only thing that could've made tonight better is if we beat UF 52-10 rather than FSU. Nevertheless, I loathe UF Football, but they put up a solid showing today winning 51-35 at Ole Miss.
- Kyle Trask picked apart Ole Miss, to the tune of 6-td's (pretty sure that was the line). UF's offense looked good and had no issues moving the ball against Ole Miss. That TE they have, Pitts, is the real deal.
- Mullen is a solid coach, definitely Top 10 in the country right now at least. This is the year where we'll see if he can transition from a good coach to a great coach. With LSU, looking down, and UGA not looking great against Arkansas (at least through three quarters) they could legitimately only lose one game or go undefeated.
- On defense, they looked bad. Ole Miss got near 600-yds of offense against them. They looked like swiss cheese at times. First-week jitters maybe, but against a team like LSU or UGA, they can't afford to be so inconsistent.